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Co-Founder & Co-CEO of The Carlyle Group

Gloria Steinem

Feminist Writer, Activist & Organizer; Co-Founder of New York Magazine & Ms. Magazine

Harvey Mansfield

Political Philosopher, Author & Distinguished Professor

Malala Yousafzai

Youngest-Ever Nobel Prize Winner; Advocate for Girls' Education & Women's Equality; Author of the International Bestseller "I Am Malala"

Miriam Pawel

Author of "The Crusades of Cesar Chavez: A Biography"

Baratunde Thurston

Futurist Comedian, Writer & Cultural Critic

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Victoria Rowell

Actress, Producer, Director, Writer, American Ballet Theatre Alum & Founder of Rowell Foster Children's Positive Plan (RFCPP)

Clay Shirky

Expert on New Technology & Social Media, & How They Shape Culture; Professor & Distinguished Writer in Residence, NYU

Debora Spar

NYT Bestselling Author & Senior Associate Dean of Business & Global Society, Harvard Business School

Andrea Mitchell

Host of MSNBC’s "Andrea Mitchell Reports" & Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent for NBC News

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Beverly Guy-Sheftall

Former President of the National Women's Studies Association; Founding Director of the Women’s Research and Resource Center at Spelman College

Norman Ornstein

Bestselling Author, Political Analyst & Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute

Vali Nasr

Professor of International Affairs & Middle East Studies at Johns Hopkins University

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Russell Simmons

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David Cutler

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Janine di Giovanni

Author, Award-Winning Foreign & War Correspondent; Visiting Fellow at Yale Law School & Executive Director The Reckoning Project

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Hoda Kotb

Award-Winning Broadcast Journalist, Television Personality, Author & Co-Anchor of NBC News' TODAY

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Actress Known for her Role as Miranda Hobbes on HBO's "Sex and the City"; Former Candidate for Governor of New York